TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
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D' Sir- Your favor of the 8th inst was recd- on the 11th and I shall be very glad to see you and confer with you upon any thing where I can be of service- I regret that our visitors Genl Trevino & Staff could not spair time to visit Austin and meet yourself & Gov-Hubbard- They were pleasant and educated Gentlemen, and left a pleasant impression- as well as received one wherever they went- and I hope twill better beginning of a most sociable, intercourse between the intelligence of both countries -I think there is a good deal of energy and vitality in that people which has been smothered for want of room and and an opportunity to compare themselves with the rest of the world- I think they have been like so many nuns- shut up within their self imposed prison until- they have funny notions of the outside world- I hope Genl Trevino and Canales will be ablP. to complete the removal from the border of Texas to the remote interior of the raiding indians-and that the border Counties will soon fill up with sturdy, settlers- In the mean time I hope you & him have the means and authority to contract in service Capt Halls, & the other Ranger force- Y ours very truly E O CORD
No. 246 LETTER FROM E. 0. C. ORD TO 0. M. ROBERTS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
San Antonio, Texas, 15th Jany, 1879
His Excellency,
Gov. 0. M. Roberts, Austin, Texas
Dear Sir: I have received your favor of the 8th, instant, and hope to have the pleasure of sending you the map of West Texas, in about two weeks. I, this date, have requested the proper commander, to for- ward it to these headquarters, at his earliest convenience.
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